Twenty-five-year-old Stephen Harris of Farmington Hills told police he was beaten with fists and was struck with a brick as three men yelled racial slurs. The attack happened in April in Oakland County's West Bloomfield Township.

Harris says the new charges bring some relief but he wanted such charges earlier.

Fariss Shayota, his brother Naseem Shayota and Savio Yaldo were originally charged with aggravated assault. Attorneys representing Fariss and Naseem Shayota said their clients will be vindicated. Yaldo didn't yet have a lawyer on record.